My name is Mbatha. I am a 26 year old female. I am a daughter, I am a sister, I am an aunt, I am a friend and most importantly, I AM SAVED...
I have been told that I can write. That I have some wisdom to share.... I have no idea how true this but I decided to give it a shot...
I am a born again Christian. I am proud of that fact because, it has taken me a long time to get here... To the place where I have this urge to share Jesus with the world and not only with my close friends and my family. I have this passion for God. For knowing Him and for loving Him and for Him loving me and I want people to feel the same way.
A little background... I have been a Christian since the day I was born, going to church every Sunday, praying every day etc. I grew up with a knowledge of Christ, but I did not know Christ. I got saved when I was 18 but, I think that it was to fit in with the people I used to hang out with then ( of course, there was boy!! How cliche??). I read my Bible and prayed daily but it felt like more of a struggle than it should have been (or so I thought). This went on for a while but it got old fast! I got a new group of friends who weren't born again so I backslid (yes! I was a people pleaser).
This went on for a few more years until New Year's eve 2013. I was tired... Tired of living a life where I was jumping over the salvation line over and over again. I was tired of apologizing to God for things that I should not have been doing in the first place... I was done pleasing people! I wanted my life back.... The life that God had created me for but I allowed the world to con me into giving it away.
I WANTED GOD...
I NEEDED GOD!!!
So, I gave my life over to Him completely, knowing that, only by surrendering myself to Him would I be the person I was created to be. The hole that I was trying to fill with friends,boys,booze and music could only be filled by God. And He has filled it with Himself and every day, I am so happy I made that decision. It is the best decision that I ever made.
I have always wanted to teach people what I learn from the Holy Spirit. The Bible is an amazing book! It truly is the word of God and it truly is living and breathing. Unfortunately, I get nervous and tongue tied when speaking in front of others so I decided to write it instead. It has taken me months to set up this blog, but I know that God was preparing me for it, transforming my heart from the patterns of the world to His way of thinking ( Romans 12:2)
It is my prayer that I can reach someone.. Even if its just one person, for Jesus.
God loves you... and so do I
ADDY
A little background... I have been a Christian since the day I was born, going to church every Sunday, praying every day etc. I grew up with a knowledge of Christ, but I did not know Christ. I got saved when I was 18 but, I think that it was to fit in with the people I used to hang out with then ( of course, there was boy!! How cliche??). I read my Bible and prayed daily but it felt like more of a struggle than it should have been (or so I thought). This went on for a while but it got old fast! I got a new group of friends who weren't born again so I backslid (yes! I was a people pleaser).
This went on for a few more years until New Year's eve 2013. I was tired... Tired of living a life where I was jumping over the salvation line over and over again. I was tired of apologizing to God for things that I should not have been doing in the first place... I was done pleasing people! I wanted my life back.... The life that God had created me for but I allowed the world to con me into giving it away.
I WANTED GOD...
I NEEDED GOD!!!
So, I gave my life over to Him completely, knowing that, only by surrendering myself to Him would I be the person I was created to be. The hole that I was trying to fill with friends,boys,booze and music could only be filled by God. And He has filled it with Himself and every day, I am so happy I made that decision. It is the best decision that I ever made.
I have always wanted to teach people what I learn from the Holy Spirit. The Bible is an amazing book! It truly is the word of God and it truly is living and breathing. Unfortunately, I get nervous and tongue tied when speaking in front of others so I decided to write it instead. It has taken me months to set up this blog, but I know that God was preparing me for it, transforming my heart from the patterns of the world to His way of thinking ( Romans 12:2)
It is my prayer that I can reach someone.. Even if its just one person, for Jesus.
God loves you... and so do I
ADDY
Love you too Mbatha! & Here is to 2014 being the year we made the best decisions of our lives, coming back to Him fully and wholly!
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